Alternative energy grants may dry up

BOISE, IDA. (AP) -- The renewable power industry has gotten a lifeline over the past 18 months with $5.1 billion in federal grants for wind, solar and geothermal projects.

One recent example: GE Energy Financial Services broke ground on a $500 million wind project in southern Idaho. It's a facility General Electric says wouldn't have been possible without the grants that were in the 2009 federal stimulus act.

But they're expiring this year, so GE and others are pushing Congress to keep the money flowing until 2012.

A decade has passed since a large, EF-5 tornado tracked through portions of eastern Iowa. We take a look back at the tornado, and how the towns of Parkersburg, New Hartford, and Dunkerton have recovered.

A decade has passed since a large, EF-5 tornado tracked through portions of eastern Iowa. We take a look back at the tornado, and how the towns of Parkersburg, New Hartford, and Dunkerton have recovered.